2-benzhydrylaminopyrimidine



Patented June 22, 1954 Z-BENZHYDRYLAMIIN OPYRIMIDIN E Lee Cannon Cheney, Fayetteville, N. Y., assignor to Bristol Laboratories, Inc., Syracuse, N. Y., a

corporation of New York No Drawing. Application March 6, 1952, Serial No. 275,237

3 Claims. 1

This invention relates to a new chemical compound of therapeutic value and more particularly to 2-benzhydrylaminopyrimidine.

There is now discovered according to the present invention the compound Z-benzhydrylaminopyrimidine and methods for its preparation.

The compound of the present invention is useful in medicine as a non-toxic analgesic and antipyretic agent. An indication of its lack of toxicity is furnished by the fact that the LDso I. P. in the mouse is greater than 1000 mgms./kg. LDso I. P. refers to the minimum dose on intraperitoneal injection which will kill fifty percent of a group of subjects.

The following example will serve to illustrate the invention without limiting it thereto.

Example A mixture of 84.6 g. (0.34 mole) of benzohydryl bromide, 85 g. (0.89 mole) of 2-aminopyrimidine and 100 ml. of glacial acetic acid was gently warmed until solution was complete, tightly stoppered and allowed to stand at room temperature for 16 hours. The product was then refluxed for 7 hours and the resulting viscous red liquid was poured into 500 ml. of hot water. The white crystalline product obtained by cooling the mixture was collected by suction and dried; M. P. 139-143 C. Recrystallization from 95% alcohol yielded white crystals, M. P. 145-146 C. A portion was recrystallized from toluene without altering the melting point.

Analysis-Calculated for C17Hl5N3I C78.3%; H-5.79%. Found: C78.09% and 78.01%; H-5.82% and 5.70%.

"pyrimidine and strong, non-toxic acids.

' 3. 2benzhydrylaminopyrimidine.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Name Date Friedman et al Mar. 14, 1950 OTHER REFERENCES Shriner and Fuson, Identification of Organic Compounds, John Wiley and Sons, 1940, page 41.

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